Jenson Button is hopeful that McLaren are in for a more competitive weekend in Monte Carlo after a promising start to the weekend. The 2009 race winner was eighth quickest today but sees more signs to be optimistic in his race simulation on the super-soft tyres and believes the team are heading in the right direction with the MP4-28. “We struggled in the morning when the circuit was still fairly ‘green’ – we couldn’t get any temperatures into the tyres, but I think that affected everybody, not just us. Our pace on a long run looks surprisingly good, although we’re not quite there with our qualifying pace yet. Still, I feel happier with the car here than I have the past few...
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